Presidential Scholar Recipients

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvard University
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2002-2005 National Merit Scholar matriculation data</p>

<p>School: 2002 2003 2004 2005 (2004–2005 change) – estimated 2005 percentage of class </p>

<p>Harvard: 396 378 312 287 (-25) – 17.5%</p>

<p>Yale: 180 228 224 232 (+8) – 17.5%</p>

<p>Princeton: 149 165 192 180 (-12) – 14.7%</p>

<p>MIT: 139 151 134 131 (-3) – 12.2%</p>

<p>Stanford: 223 217 217 194 (-23) – 11.9%</p>

<p>Duke: 98 103 90 117 (+27) – 7.0%</p>

<p>Dartmouth: 50 45 47 64 (+17) – 6.0%</p>

<p>Columbia: 50 47 41 71 (+30) – 5.3%</p>

<p>Brown: 65 47 57 62 (+5) – 4.3%</p>

<p>Penn: 87 101 91 101 (+10) – 4.1%</p>

<p>Cornell: 42 38 42 35 (-7) – 1.1%

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And Rice runs around 32%.</p>

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<p>The Rice numbers are irrelevant, because most of its so-called "winners" are institutionally sponsored.</p>

<p>The Ivies, + Stanford, MIT, Duke and many other top schools do not manufacture their own "winners."</p>

<p>Of Rice's 173 Merit Scholars last year, 116 were awarded by the institution itself.</p>

<p>Other schools who manufacture most of their own "winners" are the U of Florida, the U of Texas, WUStL, the U of Chicago, the U of Oklahoma, Arizona State, NYU, and USC.</p>